A recent ordinance passed by Garfield officials that bans smoking in public parks and recreational areas aligns the city with 14 other Bergen County communities that have similar limits on the books.File photo

GARFIELD — City officials have voted in favor of an ordinance that will ban smoking in all public parks and recreational facilities this week - making Garfield just the latest North Jersey community to place limits on puffers.

According to The Record, similar measures were recently passed in Secacus and North Bergen, and 166 towns across the state place some kind of limits on where people may smoke.

In Bergen County alone, 15 communities ban smoking in parks and other public recreational areas. Similar ordinances are currently being weighed in Fair Lawn, Wetstwood and Ridgewood.